Episode 178: If You’re Not A Fan Of New College of Florida Baseball, Unfollow Us Now

Blocked and Reported

Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal

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🗓️ 21 August 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie check in on Chris Rufo and the New College of Florida, where taxpayers are footing the bill for a brand new mediocre baseball team.

Episode 148: “Chris Rufo Takes Over New College Of Florida, Plus Adventures In Genealogy”

Michelle Goldberg: “At a College Targeted by DeSantis, Gender Studies Is Out, Jocks Are In”

Conor Friedersdorf: “Ron DeSantis Chose the Wrong College to Take Over”

Sarasota Herald-Tribune: “DeSantis seeks to transform Sarasota's New College with conservative board takeover”

Tampa Bay Times: “New College of Florida culture shifts again by adding new sports”

Chronicle of Higher Ed: “New College Says It’s Giving Staff Higher Pay for Hitting Enrollment Goals. Is That Illegal?”

Chris Rufo: “D.E.I. Programs Are Getting in the Way of Liberal Education”

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0:00.0	Hey, Jesse, how you doing?
0:12.6	I'm good, Katie.
0:13.6	I had a pretty inspiring thing happen to me.
0:15.9	What's that?
0:16.9	Well, we've talked about this, but before I met you, I thought, I've spoken a lot openly
0:22.2	about this.
0:23.2	I thought homosexuality was immoral.
0:25.2	It had been sort of one of the dreams.
0:27.3	It is.
0:29.1	We've come no more nuanced understanding because of my...
0:32.1	It's immoral, but there's nothing wrong with that.
0:35.7	It turns out there's nothing wrong with being immoral.
0:38.8	That's my stand.
0:39.8	Anyway, you're the first gay person I ever talked to and befriended, and I've come to
0:44.7	view the whole thing very differently.
0:46.9	And I think I'm at a point now where I actually have pretty good gator as evidenced by what
0:51.1	happened last night.
0:52.1	I tell you a very brief story.
0:53.1	Okay, yeah.
0:54.1	I was out with my brother and some friends at dinner here in Berlin.
0:58.0	And I walked home, and I passed a bar.
1:01.5	And I noticed subtle clues in the name of the bar that led me to suspect that it might
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